ghosthouse
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| Subwoofers.... one 10" or two 8"? @leotis Your 8/13 2:27AM post seems very helpful. THANK YOU.I'm planning to try it integrating SVS SB1000s with Silverline Prelude Pluses that claim a lower end of mid 30s Hz. For anyone interested, an on-line tone generator is available at the ... | |
| How loud in DB, Is "cranking it" frozentundra - My seated distance to speakers is similar to yours. Loud to me is 85 - 90 dB; over 90 db seems very loud.Normal listening levels are in the range of 80 - 85 db using a Radio Shack SPL Meter set to Slow response and 'C' weighting. ... | |
| Who has tried "TIDAL" vs other streaming applications? jond - Thanks for sticking with this. I don’t pretend to know all about digital recording. I’m definitely learning from reading and the discussion here. I mostly agree with your point about "the larger box" if talking exclusively about modern reco... | |
| Who has tried "TIDAL" vs other streaming applications? jond - Please re-read my last post. I’m not saying that "compressing a signal and shaving off bits" can’t make it worse sounding. What did I say about the Amazon MP3s? Lossless/Hi Res is definitely to be preferred assuming there’s data in the orig... | |
| Who has tried "TIDAL" vs other streaming applications? Cerrot - I’ll not question your qualifications for speaking for "everyone in the audio industry" but I do think we continue to talk at cross purposes. You seem to be making judgements based on limitations of the package. I’m not saying those limit... | |
| Subwoofers.... one 10" or two 8"? lars- Try both ways of hooking up your sub(s) and hear which sounds best to you. I can run the SVSs with either high level or line level inputs. I had thought line level was the better way to go (running floor standers full range and using a 2nd... | |
| Subwoofers.... one 10" or two 8"? With all due respect to gdhal, I went with a pair of SVS SB1000 to fill out the bottom end from some Silverline Prelude Pluses. The Pluses have surprisingly good bass for the size of their drivers. If all I listened to were, say, acoustic jazz t... | |
| Looking For A Subwoofer How "hard" is your 12" limit, free diver? An SVS' SB1000 - a sealed sub rated into mid 20 Hz - is right around 13" cubed. It has speaker in and out as well as line level connections. Price is also in line with your budget. Worth noting, the ne... | |
| basic passive preamp I wrote to Tim Stinson at Luminous Audio. He replied that the design of the XLR equipped Axiom II is fully balanced. | |
| Review: Luminous Audio Axiom Preamplifier To anyone interested...I wrote to Tim Stinson at Luminous Audio. He replied that the design of the XLR equipped Axiom II is fully balanced. | |
| Who has tried "TIDAL" vs other streaming applications? http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/when-high-resolution-audio-isnt-hd/ The link here is worth reading. A text-based, summary of some of Dr. Waldrep’s key points and a good explanation for why calling something hi res don’t always make it so... | |
| Who has tried "TIDAL" vs other streaming applications? There is a mistaken notion among "audiophiles" that format is a reliable predictor of audio quality . It is not. See the above referenced presentation by Dr. Mark Waldrep. | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? "you can listen to the James Gang on 8 track player and it's all good." Let's not get crazy now! :-)Glad you are a fan, whart. What surprises me is how good the sonics are on that first album. On the other hand, listened to JW's Barnstorm (not... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Hey oleschool...you'll have to forgive me indulging an occasional need to get in a little "jab". Wasn't necessarily targeting you. Which Bel Canto? Post your system sometime. I do enjoy seeing the gear people are running. It can help give a c... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? James Gang, "Yer Album" & "Thirds". Not usually a fan of remasters but these sounded pretty good on The Spot w/headphones and now on the main system. Ordered them from Amazon Prime for $5.00 each. Supposedly Bill Szymczyk was involved in these... |